Splinterlands Unit Spotlight: Shock Trooper

in blurt-1787181 •  26 days ago 


Shock Trooper AI art by Night Cafe

Shock Trooper

One of the new epic reward cards is the Shock Trooper. At level 1, he is a pure damage dealer dishing out 4 magic damage at level 1. At only 4 mana, it's easy to find a slot for him in any battle.

Looking at his stats alone, he's already as good as legendary cards. However, he comes with a drawback--his disability, Electrified. At the beginning of round 2 and succeeding rounds, he will deal 1 damage to all(!) allied units. This is a terrible price to pay in my opinion and renders him unusable in most battles. There is one ruleset though where he can be useful.

Back to Basics

Back to basics ruleset is where units lose their abilities or in Shock Trooper's case, disability. You can freely use his stats but his Electrified is off. Here is a couple of battles where I took advantage of the ruleset and using the Shock Trooper. Incidentally, I also used the Halfling Refugee whose own disability, Weary is also turned off.

Battle 1 against Death Splinter

Link to battle

Battle 2 against a Neutral team

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Link to battle

Conclusion

There are a lot of new cards that with their strengths and weaknesses. You may not find some cards useful at first but there are rulesets where they can shine. It's up to us players to devise strategies to maximize the potential of each card.

Thanks for reading and have fun playing Splinterlands!

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